firefighters confront flames and bullets as they battle a house fire that napa. iraq war vet from gilroy kills his younger sister, then himself. their mother is missing and police fear the worst. drizzle around san francisco. light rain in the north bay. i'll tell you when the heavy rain gets here and possibility of showers this weekend. good morning i'm sue hall in for frances dinglasan. wet, hoping for friday light, overnight standing water out there, please be careful. we'll update this and in a few minutes. next generation ipad goes on sale at 9:00 this morning. people have been in line since 9:00 last night that story coming up. good friday morning. 4:30 a.m.. yeah out there in some spots it is raining. thanks for joining us i'm eric

thomas. i'm kristen sze. in napa firefighters on the scene of a late night house fire. crews were forced to let the house burn on mustang road because there was live ammunition inside making battling the flames unsafe. crews took a defensive position. the flames were contained before 11:30. investigators looking for a cause, nobody was injured. >> the 60 oakland residents driven out of their apartments by a carport fire early tuesday morning won't be going home any time soon. the complex has been declared uninhabitable. the main problem is the fire fried the electrical system it will take between 30 and 90 days to repair. the blaze near lake merritt destroyed six cars, damaged carport and billing, nobody was injured. gilroy police hope to find the mother of an iraq war vet

that investigators killed his 11-year-old sister most likely his mom and then himself. police say 27-year-old abel gutierrez shot and killed his sister wednesday night, their mother is still missing. police believe gutierrez shot his mother too based on forensic evidence at the scene. >> we believe she is critically wounded or deceased. that's why we are asking for the public's help we need to find her to see if she needs medical attention. >> police say gutierrez suffered from post-traumatic stress order. the mother called police last month because she was so worried about his behavior. officers started working with the family to help them get services. the emeryville police department asking for help finding a man they say is armed and dangerous wanted for two robberies, attempted kidnapping, carjacking and sexual battery.

this is 30-year-old man police believe he may working as a security guard, six feet tall weighs about 230 pounds and speaks with a heavy accent. latest assault wednesday night. another woman woman was attacked last saturday. this morning family and friends of a uc berkeley student remain in shock following a fatal accident yesterday morning during a storm. the victim was from washington state and an was attending cal on a bill gates scholarship. >> this is sad, just weird. >> reporter: the death of 19-year-old uc berkeley student kevin lacanlale was new. he hadn't seen the e-mail was sent out. >> just the fact that it is is up a close-knit community it was devastating.

>> reporter: lacanlale died in this accident. chp says lacanlale hit a downed tree in the road he and his passengers got out to check the damage that's when an f-150 also hit the tree. he came to study medicine here on a coveted bill gates academic scholarship. justin used to have movie nights with lacanlale he said his friend was a hard worker who always wanted to help. >> he really liked helping people. and he wanted to apply science in helping people together and medical field seemed the most natural for him. >> reporter: there was a community meeting to talk about what happened and they had a school psychologist on hand in case anybody needed to talk. ama daetz, abc7 news. agreement to a new stadium. councilmembers acting as the

stadium authority approved final documents for a bank loan of up to 950 million dollars. that's 100 million more than the initial estimate. the deal also requires the 9ers to remain in santa clara for at least 40 years following the expected opening in 2014. the lines are long and getting longer outside apple stores. latest version of the popular ipad goes on sale today some camped out overnight. later this morning others will show up to protest. certainly is the protest part of this about? >> reporter: the protest is about concerns raised in the last couple of years more the last year because of suicides that have happened at some of these factories that linked to making the ipad. one of the biggest companies is a company call fox-con suicides at that company in china.

here in san francisco there are quite a few people lined up in front of one of their main stores downtown a lot of the workers in the store have been pepping for in opening all morning -- been prepping for this opening all morning. the first person that i talked to in line says he got here 9 p.m. last night. you can see this line extends down probably half a block. a lot of people have been showing up since we got here that line continues to grow. doors open at this store in downtown san francisco at 9 a.m. this morning. there is some protesters who we are expecting. they say they are going to be here around 8:00. their main concern are wages for a lot of those chinese workers. we are probably going to be hearing specifics about their concerns we'll have more reports coming up throughout the morning. sergio quintana, abc7 news.

people are braving the weather still wet. tzmmxt santa cruz boardwalk depends on the strength of the storm hitting later today. heavy equipment was used to build a sand berm to protect the boardwalk. crews had to cut a new channel so would it flow out to sea instead of under the boardwalk. flood waters have claimed one of the boardwalk's wooden had sprinkles coming in from the east bay. you had more coming in, right? >> yeah, the whole drive, light rain, drizzle. windshield wipers may still need to work this morning. that's key light rain possible steadier north bay. good morning. sausalito, san rafael, novato, petaluma, all the way up to ukiah, we have rain right now.

we'll pull out over the last three hours moving a little south of east which means some of this lighter rain will move farther south in the morning commute wet in a lot of areas it is drier towards the east bay valleys and south bay areas that have been the driest so far out of these storm systems that is going to change into the afternoon. winds fairly light 10 to 15 miles per hour. 8:00 you can see light rain dancing around all of our neighborhoods temperatures in the 50s. towards lunch we'll still have rain hanging around with the heaviest rain starting to move into the north bay, yellows there around santa rosa, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s by 4:00, we have the heaviest of the rain starting to pull into the bay itself, you can see there coming down san rafael, napa, close to san francisco, oakland and concord. primarily an evening event. rain during the day heavy

flooding rain will come during the evening hours when you need to be careful for that flooding, debris slides and mudslides. showers in the forecast next week it will be warm and dry. good morning. fairly dry now. standing water from overnight, be aware of that take extra time. live shot of the san mateo bridge taillights in the foster city direction highrise everything moving well from hayward to foster city. the toll plaza traffic is very light, metering lights off. no wind advisory this morning for the upper deck, good news. 80 heading into the maze at the limit, a stall we'll tell you about that, that is here at fitzgerald the richmond parkway exit on 80 stall -- pardon me accident in the right lane. one other incident at american canyon, stalled big rig blocking the right lane. 4:39 now.

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good morning. this is live picture from new york city you see that line there? those are folks lined up waiting for their shot at buying the latest version of the ipad which goes on sale this morning at 8 a.m. everywhere. 8:00 in new york is about 20 minutes or so we'll have the latest here with reporter sergio quintana in a little bit. major developments this morning with the u.s. soldier accused of killing afghan civilianses in cold blood. he could be moved to a

military prison in the u.s. as early as today. we are learning more about i had reluctance to go on this deployment. tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: the lawyer for the staff sergeant accused of killing 16 is painting a better picture of the man who allegedly carried out the massacre. john henry brown says the day before the shooting his client saw a fellow soldier's leg blown off. >> we have been informed that he was -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the incident had not been independently confirmed. brown described his client as a highly decorated soldier with no past misbehavior. >> he was told that he was not going to be redeployed. i think that it would be fair to say that he and the family

were not happy he was going back. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell "the new york times" that the suspect snapped the night of the massacre under strain from stress related to his deployment as well as from domestic issues at home, a claim brown denied. >> i don't know where it came from it is offensive to the family and to us that there is some sort of suggestion there was discord in the family untrue many >> reporter: tensions between the u.s. and afghanistan remain my in response to the shooting afghan president karzai is demanding nato pull troops out of the rural areas and speed up handing over security to afghan forces. afghans furious that the u.s. removed the soldier from the country. they would like to see him put on public trial in afghanistan. tahman bradley, abc7 news. 4:44. californians have been paying more than the national average of $3.82 at the palm 7. there are indications -- indications that gas prices here may have peaked.

analysts say we pay more than rest of the country because we run on a tight supply and demand balance. a month ago prices going up as states shutdown as they transfer into summer-blend. an expert says things are changinging with wholesale prices dropping 51 cents in last three weeks. >> if things stay where they are we could see another 20, 30 cents come off our prices over the next month. they are coming back online we are starting to get more supply out of refineries in california it is possible we are getting more supply out of refineries outside the state. >> the professor says we can see gas in california drop below $4 in the near future. a helicopter makes a crash landing near highway 101. why police say the pilot narrowly averted a major disaster. popular water slide in the east bay set to close may get a reprieve.

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expected to begin looking for the cause of a helicopter crash near palo alto airport. sky 7 hd was over the scene shortly after the chopper went down the pilot was trying to reach the airport engine trouble forced her to crash land in a marsh the chopper ended up on its side in four feet of water. >> we were initially concerned it may have landed on the highway there may be casualties on the ground the pilot did an outstanding job of putting her aircraft down in an area that didn't expose anyone on the ground to danger. pilot walked away with bumps and bruises. she is expected to be okay. the national transportation safety board and federal aviation administration are involved in the investigation. popular pleasanton water park still has a chance to stay open. yesterday an east bay regional park district committee overruled the staff recommendation to close the

slides at shadow cliffs the committee decided to see if private companies would be interested in taking over. it could cost more than six million dollars to rebuilt. the slides draw 25,000 each summer and employ 35 employees. if you are looking for march madness this afternoon you can find it in mara . the excitement will be from fans. they are the 7th seed st. mary's going in with a lot of confidence after winning the regular season title in the for the first time in school history. tip off scheduled for 4:27 p.m., st. mary's aholding a watch party for fans on campus. late afternoon may as well stay in, watch tv going out is not going to be that pleasant at that point. >> it depends on where you are how much flooding you might

get. good morning. good news and not so good news. good news the weekend is not going to be as wet as we thought. the storm coming this is just as strong as what it looked like yesterday. drizzle downtown san francisco light rain doppler showing the most widespread light rain across the north bay now slowly sinking south most of us are going to be a little wet during the morning. temperatures mild as expected mid to upper 50s when you step out. same temperatures around the monterey bay and inland. let's talk about that light rain during the morning hours and heff rain during the evening. weekend showers trend -- spring warmth and dry weather next week. until then rain. upper 50s along the coast, san francisco mid to upper 50s north bay valleys, low 60s around the bay shore to the south bay we may hit 63 in

livermore. monterey bay 59 santa cruz low 60s for the rest of you. inland low to mid 60s. north of i-80 into the central valley valley rain and mountain snow rain will get down to the monterey bay snow as far south as yosemite during the afternoon. palm springs 85 low clouds will keep san diego and los angeles in the low to mid 60s. tonight 30s in clear lake, cloverdale, santa rosa, rest of us in the 40s, 6 to 12° cooler tonight than this morning. cold front not worried about that as much as i am this three is going to hook-up with it. when this short wave moves in and hooks up with this front it energizes it gives it the umph to move south brings more moisture, rapid increase in the rain towards noon, mainly up in the north bay and during the 7 to 10:00 hour when the

heaviest rain moves through the bay. it doesn't linger, brief, heavy rain that's why i think we'll see some flooding and debris and mudslides which will be minor. tomorrow morning, out of here showers not as oppressive as yesterday saturday afternoon saturday night they fall apart sunday morning dry conditions sunday afternoon showers less than saturday that's that drier trend heading in for the weekend cooler in the 50s then. south bay you are going to get your rain. half inch to an inch, 3/4 to an inch and a half around the bay one to two in the north bay valleys up to three inches in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. sierra, heaven:00 when the winter storm warning begins right now no changes that will change during the afternoon and evening. monday spring begins during the evening hours you can see the warmth and dry weather

tuesday, wednesday, thursday. right now no chains in the sierra, but trucks are being screened at apple gait and westbound 80 before -- apple gate and westbound 80 before truckee. no problems towards american canyon where the stalled big rig is now cleared westbound 80 good news hoping for friday light. live camera shots san rafael southbound 101 past the civic center taillights towards central san rafael no problems. when you get towards lucky drive there's typically standing water in that area and you will find that from overnight rain last night. san jose very light this would be 280 headed in the northbound direction. taillights headed southbound. 17 out of santa cruz mountains so far today calm we are hoping the rest of the morning commute will follow that. the national marine

fishery service wants to make sure the pound of fish or other seafood you a pound. layering fish with ice and plumping up sal lops with a sodium-based solution are -- -- adding vast amounts of water can misrepresent the net weight of the seafood. studies have found seafood may be miss labeled as often as 25 -- to 70%. 40% some kind of chick fraud. new study could reignite affects of cell phone radiation. researchers from yale school of medicine found exposing pregnant mice to radiation from a cell phone affected behavior from their offspring. mice expose to radiation in utero were more hyperactive and poorer memorys symptoms

associated with adhd. researchers caution more study needed to determine possible affects of cell phone radiation on people. a diet high in transfatty acids is bad physically could it be linked emotionally? eating a lot of transfats could be associated with behaviors such as impatience, irritability and aggression they are fond in fried foods, prepared meals and many snacks. researchers caution the study only showed an association between transfats and negative behavior not a cause and effect. newborn at the san francisco zoo starting to color the world. zookeepers have spotted a baby rednecks wallaby sticking his head out of his mom's pouch joey was born last september they are often confused with kangaroos. babies remain in the pouch for

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